As I tried to drift off to sleep
A thought wandered into my head
Of a moment when I was a little girl
And something funny I had done or said.
And I smiled as I thought to ask you -
Confident that you would know -
And giggled because, in the retelling,
I knew you'd chuckle, your eyes aglow.
But my laughter stuttered
And my smile slowly caved
As I remembered that I could ask,
But you'd taken your answers to the grave.
And there's something overwhelming
Stifling, indeed.
That the only collection of childhood memories
Lies solely within me.
There is no one to share my recollections.
No one to corroborate.
No one to warn I've gotten the details wrong
Before it is too late
I've been rather lonely
Since losing both of you
But now, it seems I'm even sadder...
Cuz my memories are lonely, too.
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